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Craig Williams II: Carbon rules overdue

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06/13/2014 01:00:00 AM MDT

In our quest towards a clean energy future, we have achieved a recent major victory with the Clean Power Plan regulations released by the EPA last Monday. The Energy Information Agency states that we are “moving in the right direction” with these rules. And while the EIA also states that the global path “falls well short of reaching climate stabilization goals,” Christiana Figueres, the U.N.'s top climate official, states “I fully expect action by the United States to spur others in taking concrete action.” Much has also been said about how damaging this rule will be to the economy, but that is not news — the same predictions have been made over nearly every new regulation made, and they have been proven wrong in every instance.

The key to the plan is its flexibility and, as EPA Administrator McCarthy states, “We don't have to choose between a healthy economy and a healthy environment.” The bottom line is that these regulations are overdue, necessary and will spur America's economic leadership. I look forward to the creative solutions that will come forward.

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